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So thats who the Stig is!

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    #32
    mthd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 115 ✭✭mthd


    I don't want to know who it is, it'd ruin the fun :pac:


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    #33
    Karoma
    Registered Users Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    Moved.
    Forgive them Silverfishy; they know not what they type...


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    #34
    dieslippers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭dieslippers


    They probably figured they could market a stig that captured intrigue and curiosity and infamy. The stig is good and might interswitch or might be less expensive than lewis hamilton but is ultimately the stig.
    I dont know if anybody has seen or even heard of the notorious ghost rider but he would be a pirate version of the stig.


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    #35
    useful_contacts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭useful_contacts


    Kold wrote: »
    Who the f*ck watches Top Gear?

    I do- Ah i dont believe that for a second, but it does bug the hell out of me who the stig is though .I heard (from my nerd ofa bf ha) that his name is Perry and hes an F3 driver

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_stig

    EDIT - The first stig was Perry Mc Carty


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    #36
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    I heard that Nigel Mansell appeared as the Stig a few times.

    Heard another rumour that there have been a few different ones because of fatalaties and near fatal accidents during thier trial runs.


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    #37
    useful_contacts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭useful_contacts


    oh ....... and a totally unrealted topic(but kinda as its top gear) Richard Hammond is F I N E !!!!!!!!! ;);):p:D;):p:D


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    #38
    The Real B-man
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Real B-man


    Clare Bear wrote: »
    Ah the Stig has been a few different people.

    Top Gear NERD ;)


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    #39
    Ice_Box
    Closed Accounts Posts: 569 ✭✭✭Ice_Box


    Current stig = Jay Kay


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    #40
    niceirishfella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭niceirishfella


    They should have stuck to their guns and called him "THE GIMP" like they were going to in the first place.


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    #41
    corcaigh07
    Registered Users Posts: 6,284 ✭✭✭corcaigh07


    how could it be Lewis Hamilton, the stig is a reasonably normal height and build, Hamilton is tiny!


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    #42
    Wazdakka
    Registered Users Posts: 4,467 ✭✭✭Wazdakka


    Ive been Saying this all last season.
    Coupla reasons why i think it was mostly him

    - He got on a little tooo well with clarkson when he was interviewed.
    - Damn fast lap time on a course that he apparently hadnt driven
    - They could use the same stig for the American and african cousins
    - If you watch the africa stig he keeps covering up his left shoulder with the toga thing.. Im pretty sure lewis has a tatoo there.
    - And a Few more but too lazy to type and my pizza was just delivered :p


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    #43
    elmolesto
    Registered Users Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭elmolesto


    MooseJam wrote: »
    The Stig is God .....

    +1


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    #44
    afatbollix
    Registered Users Posts: 4,046 ✭✭✭afatbollix


    couldent be lewis... he has the f1 to worry about.. that means away every two weeks for nearly a week... he wouldent be able to find the time to do it..


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    #45
    Damomayo
    Registered Users Posts: 134 ✭✭Damomayo


    Can't possible be Lewis IMO
    No idenity is to keep it intresting......... great total package as a show especially the trials .

    Which one is the best? Boating or america or africa or..........??


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    #46
    gazelec
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭gazelec


    They are all excellant,also loved the polar special and the espace convertable (wrecking the car wash) :),great show,seen them all but id still watch them over and over again. Stig is just THE STIG,nobody plays him! :D


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    #47
    pburns
    Registered Users Posts: 2,423 ✭✭✭pburns


    On last nights episode the 'SinRPC' guest (Justin Lee Collins) said the Stig was Nigel Havers...

    Which makes me think the Stig is some plummy-voiced, middle-aged ex-racer. Julian Baily?


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    #48
    star-pants
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    I thought in that episode with Lewis Hamilton that his father might have been the stig for a bit - because of something that was said (I can't remember now though) about him and the stig and then him and his dad or soemthing..

    confound my memory


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    #49
    vectra
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    star-pants wrote: »
    I thought in that episode with Lewis Hamilton that his father might have been the stig for a bit - because of something that was said (I can't remember now though) about him and the stig and then him and his dad or soemthing..

    confound my memory

    Couldnt be him. He cant drive either ..remember?? Car in playground?? :rolleyes:

    The Stig is a Female and strongly rumoured that it is our very own Mary Harney :D


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    #50
    elmolesto
    Registered Users Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭elmolesto


    vectra wrote: »
    Couldnt be him. He cant drive either ..remember?? Car in playground?? :rolleyes:

    The Stig is a Female and strongly rumoured that it is our very own Mary Harney :D

    lol


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    #51
    rotinaj
    Registered Users Posts: 831 ✭✭✭rotinaj


    Its Jay Kay


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    #52
    Jason Ryan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭Jason Ryan


    Sabine Schmitz


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    #53
    limerickwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 493 ✭✭limerickwoman


    Jason Ryan wrote: »
    Sabine Schmitz

    No way


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    #54
    elmolesto
    Registered Users Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭elmolesto


    +1 for Jay Kay


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    #55
    kuro_man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭kuro_man


    its ben collins


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    #56
    Tarakiwa
    Registered Users Posts: 633 ✭✭✭Tarakiwa


    I was the Stig there for a while but decided to give it all up so I could concentrate on posting more on Boards.ie!

    TopGear RULES!


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    #57
    Dilbert75
    Registered Users Posts: 4,724 ✭✭✭Dilbert75


    I'm the Stig and so is my wife...


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    #58
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    I am Spartacus The Stig


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    #59
    pburns
    Registered Users Posts: 2,423 ✭✭✭pburns


    ScumLord wrote: »
    In a couple of episodes you can clearly see the stig has white skin in between the helmet and collar.

    Well I was watching a re-run fron circa 2004 recently and am convinced Stig's neck was a dark skin colour. LH would have been about 19 back then and a frontrunner in F3 or somesuch formula...

    I think there are a number of Stigs depending on availability, type of driving required etc. The time they did car football, motorhome racing etc. provided some clues I think to the range of people they might call on.

    Also, Stig's run in Alonso's F1 Renault (2006?) was, I'm pretty sure, Hekki Kovalainen...


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